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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Local government capacity to deliver health promotion initiatives: a case study

Gwyn Jolley A B and Elsa Barton A
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A Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.

B Corresponding author. Email: gwyn.jolley@flinders.edu.au

Health Promotion Journal of Australia 26(2) 159-160 https://doi.org/10.1071/HE14083
Submitted: 5 September 2014  Accepted: 18 January 2015   Published: 21 May 2015


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